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Asioli, Bonifazio

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ASIOLI, BONIFAZIO. - Musician, b. at Correggio on 30 Aug. 1769; d. there on 18 May 1832. He studied composition at Parma and became maestro di cappella of Correggio in 1786; he then moved to Turin (1786), Venice (1796) and Milan (from 1799 to 1814), where he was appointed by the viceroy of Italy as maestro di cappella and then director of studies at the Conservatory. He composed masses, motets, Magnificat, Te Deum and the oratorio Jacob. As a theorist he wrote several works of a didactic character, such as the Principi elementari di musica (1809), which was translated into various languages; Primi elementi per il canto (1809); Trattato d'armonia; Osservazioni sul temperamento (1816); L'allievo al cembalo; Elementi per il contrabbasso (1823); Il maestro di composizione (published posthumously in 1832), etc.

Bibliography

BIBL.: A. Amadei, Intorno allo stile della moderna musica da chiesa, s. l. 1841.

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By Luisa Cervelli

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 149.

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Cervelli, Luisa. “Asioli, bonifazio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 149. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/asioli-bonifazio.

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Cervelli, Luisa. “Asioli, bonifazio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 149. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/asioli-bonifazio.

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@incollection{ec2_asioli_bonifazio,
  author    = {Cervelli, Luisa},
  title     = {Asioli, bonifazio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {149},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/asioli-bonifazio}
}

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